Saturday and I'm Home Alone

@Marilynda1225 We spent about 15 minutes in the cellar tonight at my dad’s. The warnings were constant. It did a lot of damage a few miles away, but spared us. Unfortunately, some other nearby cities got it really bad.

@MarieCoyle 20 tornadoes so far. It’s a scary night.

Stay safe Amber and I hope that you don't get tornadoes there tonight. Donating to your church is a worthwhile cause. I'm sure whatever you donate will be appreciated by people shopping at the fundraiser.

I took a nice nap too! I enjoy time alone but I don't think I'd want to live alone. I would get lonely I think. But, short periods of time are nice and I don't have to worry about having the tv too loud or listening to music too loud. I haven't been to a yard sale in awhile but I agree that they're fun and you can find a bargain.

@Marilynda1225 Where I used to live, people would often have the old style county auctions. Basically, the auctioneer would bring in helpers and all home goods would often be carried outside and placed—furniture here and there, big flatbed wooden trailers would hold all kitchen, dishes, everything including linens, often quilts, blankets, antique items, books. Basically from soup to nuts. Not clothing. The auctioneer would auction off all of it. I used to get such great bargains! But now, most auctions are online Half the fun was getting to go see everything and watch how much people would bid. I miss those country auctions, but I don’t miss living there.

@MarieCoyle those country auctions do sound like fun and certainly pretty much anything you might be looking for. Online really has become a popular place to look for things especially Facebook where we have a town group where people list things for either a nominal fee or free.

@Marilynda1225 I usually can find milk with a date far enough to last me for over 2 weeks. Yesterday it was even on sale. The bread keeps fine in the refrigerator, as does the cheese and other dairy products. It is the fresh produce that I will go out for next weekend. Eventually I would like to do a big haul only once a month and the fresh produce in between. My throat feels better today although I have laryngitis, my hubby's ear is still plugged. You would be in stitches laughing if you could see us trying to communicate here today, me without a voice and him with having trouble hearing-legitimate trouble.

I'm sorry that both you and your husband aren't feeling well. Hopefully you'll both be feeling better quickly. I also try to do a big shopping to last two weeks and do a fill in with milk, bread and produce in between. The big shopping day takes up a bit of time especially when we buy in bulk and have to break it all down into smaller portions and then freeze them.

@Juliaacv it probably is hysterical with you two trying to communicate. Have you resorted to sign language??

We do a community yard/garage sale here twice a year. In the beginning almost everyone participated and now it seems like fewer and fewer people do it.

@DianneN Hope you can sell your lamps. I'm sure that silver tray was really nice and someone was very happy to get it.

@Marilynda1225 Perhaps everyone gave everything away or don’t need a thing anymore. lol Hubs just left the house to get information from a consignment shop. We replaced several lamps here and have two I don’t want here or in CT. Our condo does a swap I think once a year. We never attend. I’m sure I wouldn’t want anything. Hubs did put a silver plated tray on a table in our lobby, and it was gone in 15 minutes.

Thye had a nice sister bonding day and enjoyed not only shopping but lunch out too. My fun was taking a nap while they were gone

@just4him don't laugh! sometimes my nap is the highlight of my day

@Marilynda1225 I'm glad they had a good bonding day. Your nap sounded like loads of fun.

Yard/garage sales are lots of work (you got that right). It's really not worth the effort anymore to try to make a few dollars especially when buyers are looking to pay next to nothing. I'd rather donate like you said. I can imagine how lonely it must be for you Linda. You've been alone for so long now that as each day passes and your hubby gets stronger I can imagine how anxious you are for him to come home.

@LindaOHio how crazy that all this happened from a fall. Fingers crossed he can come home in May

@Marilynda1225 I'm hoping he will be coming home in May. He's been gone since February 1!!!!!

@Marilynda1225 Yes it is! It's so nice seeing it come together though!

It's that time of year for yard work

@Marilynda1225 ........Oh, yeah. Fun was had by all. But, we also made several thousand too which helped with her burial costs.

Yard sales are fun and it's great if you can get a bargain. I can imagine an estate sale would be a lot of work. I remember when my mom couldn't live alone anymore and we had to sell her house and basically get rid of 99% of everything in it.

@Marilynda1225 - It becomes a stress also to have to deal with what we want to sell. I am fine giving to the charity.

I do the same thing Anna. Now I always have a box ready for stuff that I don't need and when it's full I call and they come to pick it up. So much easier than trying to make a tiny bit of money selling it.

You can find some really good bargains at yard sales.

@Marilynda1225 Yes, I have.

@Marilynda1225 Nice weekend for it here

I would have thought it was a little early in the season for our yard/garage sale and maybe the fact that the weather wasn't the best deterred people from participating.

We do it twice a year and it must be successful if they keep doing it. I only did it once a few years ago but it wasn't worth the hassle of getting up early, setting everything up and people wanting everything for very little money.

@Marilynda1225 I know what you're saying. It will be interesting to see how it goes.

We need more good news stories these days. Your contribution is always appreciated

@Marilynda1225 My pleasure to share good news stories here.

I've given a lot of stuff to Good Will and the Purple Heart. I'd rather donate than haggle over a few cents to try and sell something

@Marilynda1225 I did 1 yard sale in my life time & that was more hassel than it was worth so good will here I come.

I had a nice time by myself and they enjoyed their shopping and lunch out.

The older I get the more I appreciate peace and quiet. Sometimes I wonder how I survived all the days of raising kids and the crazy that goes with it.

I like some alone time but I don't know if I'd enjoy living alone and being alone all the time.

I don't mind being alone. I don't know if I'd want to live alone as I probably would get lonely but days here and there I do enjoy being alone.

I wasn't too disappointed about the yard sale and the weekend was relaxing and enjoyable. Glad that you enjoyed some down time too